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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also talks about the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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